You may of always wanted to return to education but couldn’t really commit to coming out of employment to go back in to study. If you have commitments such as a mortgage, rent, bills and children, then it is not as easy to give up a full time wage to go to be a student again. This is the main reason lots of people over the age of 20 do not go back in to education.

The government want to try and arm the public with more skills and therefore are offering many free courses aimed at people over the age of 19 who do not already have a level 3 NVQ or above. There is often a wide range of courses on offer but you do need to check locally as this does vary from college to college. You also may have to live in a certain area to be able to qualify for these courses. You can usually find a lot of information on the colleges own website but if not then you will need to call up and speak to someone to check whether you can study at that specific college for free.